Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 30-3B-103 (2026)
Proceedings Governed by Other Law.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child.
(Act 99-438, p. 866, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2006–2012 · leading case: Mauldin v. Bearden, 293 S.W.3d 392 (Ky. 2009).
Mauldin v. Bearden, 293 S.W.3d 392 (Ky. 2009). “802; Ala.Code §30-3B-103. Thus, even if the trial court had not found forum non conveniens, it could not affect the Alabama adoption proceeding, which also has jurisdiction over custody issues during the pendency of the proceeding.”
J.L.L. v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 127 So. 3d 433 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “The UC-CJEA does not have direct application in this case in light of § 30-3B-103, Ala.Code 1975, which expressly excludes adoption proceedings from the operation of the UC-CJEA.”
D.B. v. M.A., 975 So. 2d 927 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “Whether to apply the UCCJEA or the PKPA The adoptive couple first argue in their brief to this court that the UCCJEA does not apply to this situation, because § 30-3B-103, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the UCCJEA, provides that “[tjhis chapter does not govern an adoption proceeding…”
Db v. Ma, 975 So. 2d 927 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “Whether to apply the UCCJEA or the PKPA The adoptive couple first argue in their brief to this court that the UCCJEA does not apply to this situation, because § 30-3B-103, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the UCCJEA, provides that "[t]his chapter does not govern an adoption proceeding…”
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